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Riverside's Tom Sisulak picks through cardboard boxes of tree seeds like a child choosing a chocolate. Smooth brown acorns, shiny buckeyes and messy black walnuts are just some of his choices, and he is taking his time finding the healthiest and hardiest to be part of his seventh annual 1,000 Tree Planting Project that is just days away. One day each November - Nov. 23 this year - Sisulak leads a small band of volunteers in planting 1,000 tree seeds in Riverside, starting near the western suburb's train station and winding 11/2 miles along the banks of the Des Plaines River.

The following items were taken from police reports: Oak Park •A boy, 16 to 18, with a black winter mask covering his mouth showed a black handgun and robbed an Oak Park resident of a black leather wallet and white HTC Radar cell phone, both worth $439, in the courtyard of a building on the 100 block of South Boulevard between 8:45 and 8:55 p.m. Oct. 31. •A 31-year-old Cicero woman was charged with retail theft for an incident at...

A Cook County Forest Preserve District employee was secretly recorded two years ago taking $10,000 cash in kickbacks to steer contracts to a west suburban construction company owner working undercover for the FBI, federal authorities said today. Joseph Mollica, 52, of Elmwood Park, was indicted Wednesday on two counts of bribery, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office. He was released on his own recognizance after his initial arrest on Oct. 3. Mollica, an assistant engineer for the Forest Preserve District for more than 20 years until his resignation last week, had authority to influence and award contracts for work under $25,000, prosecutors said.

A wrap-up of news from the Tribune's breaking news desk. • Three people were shot and one person was stabbed overnight on the West, Northwest and South Sides. Read more • Murder charges have been lodged against Justino Correa for the killing of his ex-girlfriend, Jasmin Salas, whose body was found in the woods in River Forest. Read more • A 'MasterChef' finalist from Chicago dies from apparent suicide. Read more chicagobreaking@tribune.com | Twitter: @ChicagoBreaking

The female whose body was found inside a plastic container at a forest preserve in west suburban River Forest was stabbed to death, officials said. After an autopsy today, the Cook County medical examiner's office ruled the death a homicide and listed the cause of death as multiple combined stab and incise wounds. A medical examiner spokesman said that the victim was a female, but no age, name or address was available. The remains had been found at 8100 Chicago Avenue in River Forest Thursday night, a spokesman said.

Chicago Symphony Orchestra Music Director Riccardo Muti will lead the Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest in a public rehearsal at 7:30 p.m. Wednesday in the Performing Arts Center of Dominican University, 7900 W. Division St., River Forest. The free event is restricted to those holding a ticket to an upcoming Symphony of Oak Park and River Forest concert or a ticket stub from a previous one. After rehearsing the orchestra in Liszt's "Les Preludes," Muti will stay to hear Scriabin's "Poem of Ecstasy," directed by Jay Friedman, the orchestra's music director.